Three world famous magicians were in the bar drinking and boasting about their achievements.

The first one said, "During my latest show, I made three women fromthe audience disappear, it was so convincing that their relativesstarted panicking, no one could find the trick."

The second one said, "Hey, that is nothing, during one of my openair shows I made the Municipality building disappear and the entiretown was searching for it."

The third one sighed and said, "Both of you are so local, I went toParis and made the Eiffel Tower disappear for a full one hour, itwas live on the TV, entire France was searching for the building &no one had a clue."

Just then an Indian walked into the bar and the three magicianssuddenly turned quiet, gave each other fugitive glances and startedto slip towards the door.

A Bartender watching this got curious and asked one of themagicians, "Hey what happened? Who is that guy?"

One of the magicians whispered, "He is the World's greatest magician, he has done the biggest disappearing trick of all times,we are all mere amateurs compared with what he has done. His nameis Ramalinga Raju. He has made USD 1.5 billion disappear from hiscompany's balance sheet in front of everyone's eyes, and the entireworld is still looking for it."

it would go something like this:The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.The fifth would pay $1.The sixth would pay $3.The seventh would pay $7.The eighth would pay $12.The ninth would pay $18.The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.So that's what they decided to do.The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with thearrangement, until one day when the owner threw them a curve. "Sinceyou are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce thecost of your daily beer by $20." Drinks for the ten now cost just$80.Thegroup still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxessothe first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free.But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How couldthey divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his "fairshare?"They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtractedthat from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth manwould each end up being paid to drink his beer So, the bar ownersuggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughlythe same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each shouldpay.And so:The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% savings).The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28% savings).The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).Each of the six was better off than before. And the first fourcontinued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the menbegan to compare their savings."I only got a dollar out of the $20," declared the sixth man. Hepointed to the tenth man, "but he got $10!""Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved adollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I got.""That's true!!" Shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 backwhen I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!""Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't getanything at all. The system exploits the poor!"The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the ninesat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay thebill, they discovered something important... they didn't have enoughmoney between all of them for even half of the bill!And that, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and college professors, ishow our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes getthe most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack themfor being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore.In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere issomewhat friendlier.David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.Professor of EconomicsUniversity of GeorgiaFor those who understand, no explanation is needed.For those who are too stupid to understand, no explanation is possible.

After The Crisis: A Parody of 15 Corporate Logos The 2008 crash is probably the most serious economic crisis we have faced after the Great Depression. Stock markets from around the world fell as much as 20% in a single week, dozens of banks either failed or were rescued by government and private instutitions, and companies started laying off employees as a consequence of the reduced demand. We know how we entered into the crisis, but we don't know when or how we will be getting out of it. Considering that issue, we decided to our little bit to help cheer everyone up by redoing the logos of some renowned companies …. after the crisis.

Bonus Logo While Apple is probably one of the more stable companies in our economy, with a robust and diverse set of high-demand products… we just couldn't resist this one.